Live updates: Rand Paul sets up Senate panel's contempt vote on Fauci
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee is set to vote Thursday on a resolution to hold former top health official Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress, a week after he pleaded the Fifth Amendment in refusing to answer questions during a committee hearing. Here's what to know about it. The meeting starts at 8:30 a.m. EDT. Senate Republicans are...
A US Senate committee has voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress. The vote was made after Dr. Fauci refused to answer questions during testimony before the committee last week.
According to The New York Times, Dr. Fauci had invoked the Fifth Amendment, while Republicans argued he wasn’t entitled to that protection because he had a presidential pardon.
The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee approved the referral on a party-line vote, with Republican Chair Rand Paul of Kentucky pushing the move, as reported by the South China Morning Post.
Brief written by urgent.news from The New York Times, The Hill, CBS News, RTE News, South China Morning Post — 5 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
